May 17 (Bloomberg) -- CTC Media Inc.’s average daily share
of viewers 18 years and older for its CTC television channel
fell to 5.5 percent in the week to May 13, according to TNS-Global.

Viewer share for CTC TV, the Nasdaq-listed Russian media
company’s biggest source of revenue, fell from 6.1 percent in
the previous week, data researcher TNS-Global said by e-mail
today. CTC’s average daily audience among viewers 4 years old
and over fell to 6.4 percent in the week to May 13, from 7.1
percent in the week to May 6, the data show.

CTC lost its rank as fifth most-watched television channel
among viewers of 18 years and older to REN TV in the week to
April 29 but has retained its fifth place among viewers 4 years
old and over, TNS-Global said.

Russia’s government-controlled Pervyi Kanal retained its
top spot among both audiences, outpacing Rossiya 1 and NTV
Television, which had the second-biggest and the third-biggest
audiences in both categories, the data show. TNT was the fourth-most watched channel among viewers in both categories, the data
showed.